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think-man on 21 May 2013

Sony already kinda does this with online passes, not a big deal.



 

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hinch on 21 May 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:
badgenome said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

I believe Sony already confirmed they are not interfering with the used gaming market and neither will Nintendo. This seems to be a corporate American problem. MS is getting extra content for playing nice though with EA. Sony will still get the games.

They also sounded a little coy on their answer. "Oh, I don't know what we're saying about that... okay, yes, you will be able to play used games." You will be able to play used games on Xbox One (ugh) as well. It will just cost extra. I'm kind of having a hard time believing that Microsoft is jumping out here all by itself, and that third parties (especially EA) aren't going to put the squeeze on Sony to at least give them the option to do this on the PS4.


Jack Tretton said they are totally opposed to blocking used games. Who was that that they interviewed though?

Shuhei Yoshida.





badgenome on 21 May 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:

Jack Tretton said they are totally opposed to blocking used games. Who was that that they interviewed though?

Shu Yoshida.



Euphoria14 on 21 May 2013

If Sony follows this same path then I will not be joining in next gen and only play on PC and in the case with PC, any of the companies that release their games that way on PS4/XB1 will have their PC versions pirated.

Unlike some, I will do my best to send a message.



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Hynad on 21 May 2013
badgenome said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

I believe Sony already confirmed they are not interfering with the used gaming market and neither will Nintendo. This seems to be a corporate American problem. MS is getting extra content for playing nice though with EA. Sony will still get the games.

They also sounded a little coy on their answer. "Oh, I don't know what we're saying about that... okay, yes, you will be able to play used games." You will be able to play used games on Xbox One (ugh) as well. It will just cost extra. I'm kind of having a hard time believing that Microsoft is jumping out here all by itself, and that third parties (especially EA) aren't going to put the squeeze on Sony to at least give them the option to do this on the PS4.


Sony already confirmed that it will be up to the publisher to implemented this or not. Sony isn't making it mandatory like MS is doing.



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Veknoid_Outcast on 21 May 2013

What lousy news. No backward compatibility, "pre-owned fees," and a presentation dedicated to multimedia and multiplatform games.

I don't mean to dump all over Xbox fans, but it's hard to cheer for some of these business decisions.



hinch on 21 May 2013
Euphoria14 said:
If Sony follows this same path then I will not be joining in next gen and only play on PC and in the case with PC, any of the companies that release their games that way on PS4/XB1 will have their PC versions pirated.

Unlike some, I will do my best to send a message.

Same here It'll be the death kneel for console gaming for me.

Steam, GOG and Gamefly will fill that hole quite nicely.



JGarret on 21 May 2013
Euphoria14 said:
If Sony follows this same path then I will not be joining in next gen and only play on PC and in the case with PC, any of the companies that release their games that way on PS4/XB1 will have their PC versions pirated.

Unlike some, I will do my best to send a message.


Let me join you there.

Unless Sony makes an exception for their 1st party titles...because if 3rd parties pull that move with the Xbox One, you bet they´ll also do it with the PS4.



mtu9356 on 21 May 2013
think-man said:
Sony already kinda does this with online passes, not a big deal.


Online passes have traditionally been for the 'online' aspect of games.  They are usually 10$.

This fee sounds like it would be used to block out single player along with multiplayer.  The fee to play the game will likely be more than 10$ as well.



NNN2004 on 21 May 2013

i will get the PS4 then